What to put in your green bin
- packaging, polystyrene and food trays
- bagged food waste
- used kitchen roll and tissue
- bagged disposable nappies and sanitary products
- cool ashes from fires
- bagged animal or pet waste
- Non-recyclable glass, such as drinking glasses and oven-proof glass
- textiles and plastics (although you may be able to recycle these a clothing banks and recycling centres).
What not to put in your green bin
Builders' rubble, including materials such as bricks,concrete, paving slabs, breeze block, tiles and hardcore, should not be placed in household wheeled bins.
Waste collection vehicles are designed to collect and compact normal household waste. Unlike household waste, builders' rubble is dense, heavy and non-compressible. When the vehicle's compaction mechanism attempts to compress these materials, there is a risk of damage to the vehicle,including the compaction equipment and body of the wagon.
For this reason, collection crews are instructed to reject bins containing builders' rubble or significant quantities of construction and demolition materials. This helps protect Council equipment, maintain servicereliability and ensure collections can continue safely.
Builders' rubble can be taken to a Household Waste Recycling Centre, subject to Nottinghamshire County Council's acceptance criteria and any applicable restrictions.
You can recycle plastic bottles, yoghurt pots, paper, cardboard and food and drink cans in your blue recycling bin. Do not put recyclable materials in your green bin.
Garden waste including grass cuttings, plants, weeds, leaves, twigs and small branches can be recycled in one of our brown bins if you subscribe to our garden waste service.
Unwanted paint and empty paint tins can be taken to your local tip (opens in new window) along with rubble, soil and concrete.
